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One of the most challenging aspects

“One of the most challenging aspects for those who are seeking to find the God of their understanding for the first time is His formlessness. It can be difficult to believe in, and connect with, something that cannot be seen. Perhaps this is because although God is in all things He is felt and experiencedContinue reading “One of the most challenging aspects”

Knowing about God

“There’s a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. Knowing about God is all of the stuff we’ve been told and all of the books we’ve read and all of our religious experiences and what others have told us and tried to convince us of. But knowing God is when we make conscious contact.”Continue reading “Knowing about God”

knowing God on Earth

“Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!” —-Jim Elliot

You never know God is all you need…

“You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.” — Rick Warren

the absolute oneness of God

“I believe in the absolute oneness of God and therefore of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. . . . I know God is neither in heaven nor down below, but in everyone.” —Mahatma Gandhi

The presence of God

“We rarely think of the air we breathe, yet it is in us and “around us all the time. In similar fashion, the presence of God penetrates us, is all around us, is always embracing us.” — Thomas Keating

We are always in the presence of God

“We (Christians) are always in the presence of God. There is never a non-sacred moment! His presence never diminishes. Our awareness of His presence may falter, but the reality of His presence never changes.” —Max Lucado

Heaven on earth

“To know God’s love is indeed heaven on earth.” J. I. Packer

Let all our employment be to know God

“Let all our employment be to know God: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him.” Brother Lawrence

Knowing God

I have reached a point in my life where I am really not interested in theology. I don’t want to know what scholars or preachers think about God, I want to know God. Faith for me has become less and less intellectual and more experiential. Life and faith are not meant to be endless struggleContinue reading “Knowing God”